BAGHDAD - Spc. Verna Oates, from Texarkana, Texas, serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, reads a framed copy of the Non-Commissioned Officer's Creed during a promotion ceremony held at Camp Victory on Mar. 14. Oates has served for a total of 17 years in the Army, with nine of those years coming in the active component. Oates was selected for promotion to sergeant under the battle field promotion system which is designed to promote deserving Soldiers who are eligible for promotion.
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